Omar Guelleh

A week earlier the government of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh had announced that it was severing its contract with DP World at the Doraleh container terminal at Djibouti Port...

Human rights campaigners and a main opposition party are targeted by a severe crackdown overseen by President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh amid apparent international indifference...

That has not stood in the way of Saudi approaches to President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's regime and the kingdom is believed to be in the process of setting up a base in Djibouti alongside several other countries (AC Vol 57 No 15 Saudi wants one too)...

Djibouti's President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh beamed through the ceremony: he has wrung almost every ounce of diplomatic and commercial advantage out of his country's location and the region's geopolitics...

On 12 July Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili delivered a message to President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh from Saudi Defence Minister Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman concerning a defence and security partnership between the two countries...

Africa votes in 2016 Country Date Type Uganda February General Yoweri Museveni repressed opposition and fixed vote CAR February-March Presidential & legislative Sporadic organisational problems Niger February-March Presidential & legislative Mahamadou Issoufou won presidential vote in 2nd round after fixes Cape Verde March Legislative Widely seen as credible Benin March Presidential Over 30 contenders and credible poll Congo-Brazzaville March Presidential Denis Sassou-Nguesso pushed constitutional changes fixed election Tanzania (Zanzibar) March Regional Zanzibar election rerun widely condemned Senegal March Referendum Credible vote after hesitation on reforms Comoros February-April Presidential Constitutional court to decide on 2nd round vote Sudan April Referendum on Darfur Omer el Beshir repressed opposition fixed vote threatens new offensive Equatorial Guinea April Presidential Teodoro Obiang repressed opposition and fixed vote Chad April Presidential Idriss Déby Itno repressed opposition and fixed vote Djibouti April Presidential Ismaïl Omar Guelleh repressed opposition and fixed vote Gabon August Presidential Ali Ben Bongo in tight race history of fixing Zambia August Presidential Edgar Lungu in tight race; his supporters threaten opposition Cape Verde August Presidential Shootings raise tension South Africa August Local elections Critical test of Jacob Zuma's leadership...

In Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh also presided over deeply flawed elections this month (AC Vol 57 No 8 Guelleh opts for landslide)...

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh won with a disputed 87% of the vote in the 8 April presidential poll...

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has been trying to capitalise on obtaining the release of four Djiboutian soldiers from Eritrean custody after mediation by Qatar...

Two months ahead of national elections President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has experienced what must rank as one of most spectacular drubbings of a foreign head of state on British soil...

There will be no prizes for guessing the election winners in Uganda (Yoweri Museveni in February) Niger (Mahammadou Issoufou February) and Djibouti (Ismail Omar Guelleh April)...